The phrase "an initial move" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the first action taken in a process or sequence of events.
Example: "The team's initial move was to conduct a thorough analysis of the market before launching the product."
Alternatives: "a preliminary action" or "an introductory step".
"There is always an initial move and then a final move.
Mantle made an initial move toward first, then gave a head fake toward second.
Since an initial move, in December, 2015, the Fed's gradual policy tightening has taken the funds rate from zero to 1.5percentnt.
After an initial move to Williamsburg, he's on his second combination studio/living space in Bed-Stuy: "My rent is good right now and I'm not worried — the landlord likes me," he said with a smile.
The case might be an initial move in a plan to assemble in the National Archives all original data & documents which they deemed of interest, which were compiled by federal officials of all ranks while in the employ of the U.S. The case came to trial Dec. 13, 1955.
Alan Webb, the American-record holder in the mile who had overtrained this year in his zeal to qualify for Beijing, began the race near the back, made an initial move in the second lap, then pulled into fifth place with 800 meters remaining.
In the random direction model, every node is assigned an initial moving direction φ, speed S with the maximum is Smax and minimum is Smin, the travel time interval is finite and it is denoted as τ.
"I think at least it's a great initial move," he said, "and we'll see what happens now".
Facebook's goal is to wrestle more control of the mobile ecosystem away from Apple and Google, and the HTC First could be a smart initial move.
But with global health initiatives multiplying and fragmenting to address specific targeted agendas, the Health Systems Funding Platform offers a significant, initial move in the opposite direction, towards synthesis.
A three-ply search an initial move by White, a Black reply, and a White response to that would mean 30 × 30 × 30, or 27,000, different final positions to be considered.
